Background
He was born on October 31, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
He was born on October 31, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
He studied music theory at Toccoa Falls College in Georgia. While there, he studied Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Sebastian Bach.
He also became influenced by U2 and Bob Marley. He began performing at churches and coffeehouses, while attending college. Shust began leading worship at Perimeter Church, Duluth, Georgia in 2000, and recorded his album, Anything Worth Saying, in 2004 with producer, Dan Hannon, who delivered the album along with a stack of others to Brash Music for consideration.
Brash Music signed Shust shortly thereafter.
2006 His second single, "My Savior My God", was released on January 20, 2006. The song was played on Christian radio stations around Christmas 2005.
The song peaked at Number. 19 on Radio and Records chart three weeks before the single was officially released to radio.
The song peaked at Number.
1 on six charts simultaneously by April 17: Radio and Records (R&R) Christian adult contemporary (Air Corps) radio chart, R&R Christian Air Corps monitor chart, CRW"s Air Corps radio chart, Billboard Hot Christian songs radio chart, most downloaded inspirational song on iTunes, and Billboard Hot Christian Air Corps chart. The song spent 30 weeks in the Top 5 on the R&R Christian Air Corps chart in 2006. Digital downloads of the song have topped 75,000 copies, and the song has held the Number.
1 spot on the iTunes Christian and Gospel chart for over three months.
The single was the second most played song of 2006 on Christian CHR radio as played on the Weekend 22. lieutenant was the Number. 1 song of 2006 on 20 The Countdown Magazine.
According to the Nielsen Soundscan report, Anything Worth Saying was the 5th best-selling "Praise and Worship" album of 2006. However, lieutenant only sold 300 copies its first week.
Shust"s second studio album, Whispered and Shouted, was released on June 5,, and sold 5,000 copies its first week of release.
2009 In 2009, Shust"s third album, Take Over, was released, including the Christian radio hit, "To God Alone". On October 21, he released a Christmas European Parliament. Present In August 2011, Shust"s fourth album, This Is What We Believe, was released.